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CPC Related News

• 27/04/12: Interview with Marc Maulin, co-author of legendary Discology!
• 07/04/12: Wake Up! by Benediction (and associates) reached the 3rd place in Olschool demo compo at the Revision Party 2012 in Germany.
• 01/04/12: Pac-Man Emulator released!
• 18/03/12: Wolfenstrad demo released!
• 15/03/12: New version of Basic released for the Amstrad CPC. Check it out here: CPC Basic 3
• 08/02/12: dsktools 0.2.3 can copy R-Type!
• 06/02/12: R-Type remake released finally - and is awesome!
• 26/12/11: Bubble Bobble remake released!!! Happy holidays!
• 14/11/11: XNACPC, a CPC emulator for the Xbox 360, released!
• 31/10/11: Lotharek, supplier of the Jeff's HxC Floppy Emulators, has been interviewed on Push'N'Pop.

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  Wolfenstrad demo

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  Edge Grinder

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  MegaFlash off the production line!

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  Batman Forever

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  Sub Hunter

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  Uwol 2

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